We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and SCOM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable features are the ease of use and a single-pane-of-glass that allows us to identify issues across the entire network from one dashboard."
"It's really user-friendly."
"The ability to view the entire project stack, including the camera, features, and routers, which I believe are the most important or relevant components."
"The dashboard itself is very simplified and easy to navigate."
"Some of the features I have found valuable are the ease of access, simple configuration, and monitoring."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki Dashboard is we can manage our switches and access point in one place."
"What I found most valuable in the Meraki Dashboard is straight monitoring of the different devices, as well as the ability to easily set up VPNs, for example, both Meraki client VPNs and non-Meraki VPNs for different organizations that work with my company. I also like that the tool is a really good firewall."
"The ability of the product to perform with simplicity of deployment make it a valuable solution."
"Availability monitoring is the feature I have found most valuable, as well as the capacity and ability to send notifications."
"This is a product that does more generally than any of the competing solutions."
"The stability has been great."
"This solution allows us to standardize all of the reports for monitoring the network, so it helps a lot for auditing purposes."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"The ease of deployment, especially on Windows platforms, is valuable."
"The advantages of SCOM are that it is definitely user friendly and a more appropriate solution for what we need."
"The product’s auto-remediation feature helps with automation."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The cost of the solution is high and can be improved."
"When users are trying to roam from one location to another location, geographical tracking would be helpful."
"What needs improvement in Meraki Dashboard is its configuration. It'll also be better if the tool has more functionality, and that is what I'd like to see in its next release."
"The initial setup is complex and can be made more straightforward."
"They can improve the landing page in Meraki Dashboard. When I go into an organization, they can include a lot more infographics. They can also simplify it a bit and consolidate it. For example, if I've got five branches and I go into customer A's profile or organization, I'd like to see an infographic on the landing page providing a snippet of the entire network layout, that is, all branches in one snapshot. From there, I would like to go into the network that I want to work on or view."
"The one issue that we have had is that the VPN tunnel would go down unless you worked out with the ISP that you would be using a static IP address on the WAN interface."
"Meraki Dashboard could improve integration with non-Cisco platforms."
"They could offer API functionality for Meraki Dashboard. It will help us develop software immediately using available solutions."
"In terms of features that could be improved, I would say the agent integration into the operating system. We are having difficulties integrating Linux into some of the networking devices."
"The management of the servers could be better."
"We didn't know the solution enough, and therefore, it took a while to set everything up correctly. There was a learning curve."
"It lacks certain details that other products do better, like granular access and better application monitoring."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
"Regarding certain issues in the solution, it can be difficult to generate reports if we have a program that is not user-friendly for reporting. While this is not necessarily negative, we may need to use another solution."
"I would like to see them improve their network monitoring."
"System Center just provided upgrade and update features for Windows clients, and Windows systems, and did not support Linux, Android, or iOS, and other operating systems. They need to provide better integration with other operating systems if they don't already."
Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and Zabbix, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. SCOM report.
See our list of best Network Monitoring Software vendors.
We monitor all Network Monitoring Software reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.